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While he knows for certain that wife Nicole is carrying their son, he can only guess that his new face shield will have a car-based theme.

Anderson was supposed to get the John Pepe design on the weekend, but apparently it was painted with the old Senators alternate logo, and the team asked that a correction be made.

So now he's expecting it to reach his hands Tuesday, when the Senators are in New Jersey to play the Devils.

In the meantime, Anderson still hasn't seen the new mask. Not even a photo.

"Pictures probably don't do it justice anyway," Anderson said Sunday at Scotiabank Place. "I'd rather just wait and see it and be surprised.

"I guess some people like to know what they're having before they have a kid, and other people like the surprise. My wife and I wanted to know what we're having, so I guess I'll leave this to a surprise."

Anderson has only ever asked that his mask design includes a Corvette. The owner of an '07 Z06, he comes by his love of cars honestly. He said his father raced Corvettes back in the '70s and about 10 years ago got back into it "recreationally."

"He got my brother involved, and I go to the track, work on the car, just be part of the pit crew," said Anderson. "Be part of the noise."

And so he likes to wear the reminder of that part of the goaltender's life when he enters the noise in an arena.

"It's always been a Corvette-based theme," he said of his masks. "That's it, really. He's had free will to do whatever else he wants to it."

Anderson understands the interest in his mask.

"It's a big part of the equipment," he said. "Fans like it. They're always interested to see what some artist came up with. I'm quite interested to see how it turned out.

"I just hope it fits the way this other one does. Because this other one has been working."